karma
Teachings related to the law of karma and its effects, or how intentional actions of body, speech, and mind affect our circumstances and experiences. The law of karma and its effects explains how present experience is the product of past actions and how present actions affect future experience. Posts include teachings on the types and characteristics of karma and how to use an understanding of karma in daily life.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron What suffering does
While people seek happiness, many feel shaped through suffering. Suffering brings us out of ourselves…
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Transforming suffering
Looking at our reactions when we face adversity, and how we can transform pain and…
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Kenneth Mondal 
Living with loss
How to work with the emotions when we lose the things we are attached to.…
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Chapter 8: Verses 192-194
The different ways the Buddha presented the teachings according to the disposition of the disciples.
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Dealing with spirits and sickness
Responds to a question on how the Vajrasattva practice helps us to purify harm from…
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Karma, formative action, and volitional factors
Deciphers the difference between Dharma terms related to karma and illuminates how this understanding is…
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The meaning of karma
Clarifies what the often misused word "karma" means in a Buddhist context.
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Contemplating causality
It is helpful to contemplate whether your beliefs and views about who you are and…
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Contemplating causality
Encourages us to contemplate whether our beliefs and views about who we are and events…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Shifting from the self-centered thought to cherishin...
The equalizing and exchanging self with others method of generating bodhicitta, and examining how the…
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Transforming arrogance and anger
The importance of taming our arrogance and catching our disturbing attitudes through mindfulness and introspective…
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